Wycliffe
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- proper noun
- Wycliffe is an internationally respected nonprofit that translates scriptures—over 700 scripture translations since its inception in 1942.
- Wycliffe Bible Translators
- Wycliffe Bible
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I've known several Wycliffe missionaries and liked all of them.
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We work with Wycliffe Bible Translators UK.
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The names that came up were John Wycliffe and William Tyndale.
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They are missionaries for Wycliffe, a Bible translation ministry, in Papua New Guinea.
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John Wycliffe challenged the practices of the Catholic Church in the 14th century.
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Many regard John Wycliffe as an early precursor to the Protestant Reformation.
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The writings of John Wycliffe influenced later reformers such as Martin Luther.
Synonyms
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An English priest who criticises the Catholic Church, inspires early Protestant ideas, and helps translate the Bible into English
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An English religious thinker who criticized the Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages
An English religious thinker in the 1300s who criticized the Catholic Church and helped later reformers
An English religious teacher who challenged the Catholic Church before the Reformation
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wycliffe comes from an old English place name meaning 'settlement by the cliff', from wic 'settlement' and clif 'cliff' or 'bank'. So the famous religious leader called Wycliffe was named for the place where his family came from.